This year, the South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Federation of African Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB-FASBMB) conference took place in Potchefstroom in the North-West, hosted by the North-West University. Ten members of BioBRU participated in the conference with Principal investigator Professor Adrienne Edkins delivering a talk on the chaperones Hsp90 and Hsp70 as well as the co-chaperone HOP as drug targets in cancer. Dr Jo-Anne De La Mare spoke on novel inhibitors for triple negative breast cancer and PhD students Abantika Chakraborty, Deborah Kajewole, Natasha Boël and Shantal Maharaj delivered oral presentations on their research. PhD student William Samson and MSc students Kelly Schwarz, Nathan Holm and Nyeleti Vukea gave poster presentations.

 

 

Left to right: Nyeleti Vukea, Kelly Schwarz, Nathan Holm and William Samson

 

 

Overall, the SASBMB-FASBMB was a great success and students were able to interact with various researchers from other institutions creating opportunities for collaborations in the future. BioBRU would like to thank the National Research Foundation (NRF) as well as Rhodes University for the opportunity to share our research at the SASBMB platform.

 

 

Main Photo (Top): Left to right: Kelly Schwarz, Natasha Boël, Deborah Kajewole Dr J De la Mare, Nyeleti Vukea, Nathan Holm and Abantika Chakraborty